English:
Arsenal Crushes Atlético Madrid at the Emirates Stadium
London, October 21, 2025 – In a match corresponding to the third matchday of the UEFA Champions League group stage, Arsenal dominated Atlético Madrid at the Emirates Stadium with a resounding score. The London team, with 51% ball possession, showed an offensive superiority that resulted in 18 shots, seven of them on target.
Atlético de Madrid, meanwhile, tried to put up a fight with 49% possession, but only managed to trouble the rival goal on one occasion out of their 11 goal attempts. The match became tense in the first half, with bookings for José María Giménez of Atlético and Martín Zubimendi of Arsenal.
In the second half, Arsenal unleashed its scoring power. Gabriel opened the scoring in the 57th minute assisted by D. Rice. Shortly after, in the 64th minute, G. Martinelli extended the lead with a goal assisted by M. Lewis-Skelly. The avalanche continued, and Arsenal added two more goals to seal the match. Atlético, although they fought, could not find the formula to counter the rival attack, and had a yellow card for R. Le Normand at minute 75.
The match, refereed by Italian Davide Massa, showed a solid and effective Arsenal that is positioning itself as a serious contender in the Champions League, while Atlético de Madrid will have to rethink its strategy for the next matches.
Substitutions atletico madrid: at minute 63 J. M. Gimenez came in and A. Baena went out., at minute 63 N. Gonzalez came in and M. Ruggeri went out., at minute 63 Koke came in and C. Gallagher went out., at minute 72 A. Sorloth came in and T. Almada went out., at minute 72 G. Simeone came in and A. Griezmann went out.
Substitutions arsenal: at minute 72 Gabriel came in and C. Mosquera went out., at minute 72 E. Eze came in and E. Nwaneri went out., at minute 72 M. Zubimendi came in and C. Norgaard went out., at minute 83 M. Merino came in and Desconocido went out., at minute 83 J. Timber came in and B. White went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Arsenal
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Atletico Madrid
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